THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
Who translated the Bible into English for the first time?
John Wycliffe.
Under whose rule did England break away from the Roman Church, beginning the English Reformation?
Henry VIII.
Who attacked and raided Spanish ships for England?
Sir Francis Drake
What Roman church court was established to investigate matters of alleged heresy?
Inquisition.
What year was the Battle of Hastings?
1066
What nation was formed from ancient Gaul?
France
What nation led the way in the great age of exploration?
Portugal
Who led the Scottish Reformation?
John Knox.
What nickname did Mary Tudor receive for her persecution of English Protestants?
Bloody Mary.
Who won the Hundred Years’ War?
France.
What religious group had the philosophy of, The end justifies the means?
The Jesuits.
What year was the Magna Carta signed?
1215
Who led the French during the Hundred Years War and was known as the Maid of Orleans?
Joan of Arc
What book gained importance in the Northern Renaissance?
Bible
After reading the 12 articles from the peasants, what was Luther's response?
He said that Christianity must not be thought of as a revolutionary political movement.
What English author and playwright is perhaps the greatest writer the world has ever known?
William Shakespeare.
What was the name of the civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over politics and religion?
The Thirty Years War.
What movement was a response to the Protestant Reformation?
The Counter-Reformation.
When was the King James Version of the Bible completed?
1611
Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles?
Celts
What name was given to the Battle of Hastings when William the Conqueror claimed the throne of England?
The Norman Conquest.
Who published the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?
Desiderius Erasmus.
Who was the first great king of England?
Alfred.
At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry Tudor won the Wars of the Roses, bringing victory to which family?
Lancasters.
Who did England completely secure independence from by defeating the Spanish Armada?
The Roman Church.
When was the movable type printing press invented?
1440
Which nation is known for the continuous policy of national neutrality?
Switzerland
What marked the beginning of representative government becoming a regular feature of English government?
The model Parliament.
Who is the Christian Reformer in Geneva?
John Calvin.
Which English king had a love for crusades?
Richard I.
Who fought the English Civil War for the divine right of kings, opposing the Roundheads?
The Cavaliers.
What statements by Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation?
95 Theses.
When was the Protestant Reformation started?
1517
Whose coronation in 987 marks the birth of the French nation?
Hugh Capet
Who called the first meeting of Parliament in 1265?
Simon de Montfort.
Who is the Christian Reformer in Bohemia?
John Huss.
Who was the most hated king in English history?
John.
Who dissolved Parliament in 1629, beginning the Eleven Years' Tyranny?
Charles I.
Where did Charles V declare Martin Luther a heretic?
Worms.
When was the Spanish Armada defeated?
1588
For almost 300 years, the Holy Roman Emperors were the Habsburg family of what country?
Austria
What Lady King of Denmark ruled from Finland to Greenland, the largest kingdom in Europe at that time?
Margaret
Who is the Christian Reformer in Zurich?
Ulrich Zwingli.
What line of kings did Henry II of England begin?
Plantagenet.
What government did Cromwell set up after he dissolved Parliament in 1653?
The Protectorate.
What kind of churches did territorial churches produce in Germany?
Cold, formal churches that held no religious freedom.
When was the Peace of Augsburg?
1555
Which early inhabitants of Spain founded hundreds of schools and universities?
Moors
What Roman church official traveled through Germany selling indulgences?
Tetzel
What English monarch realized the need of representative government and made it a permanent establishment of the government?
Edward I.
When was the Peace of Westphalia?
1648.
The Peace of what gave official approval for territorial state-established churches in Germany?
Augsburg.
What year was the Glorious Revolution?
1688
What country did William the Silent lead in its independence of Spain?
Netherlands
Who wrote the Book of Martyrs?
John Foxe